By Hone Mandefro There are contradictory statistics about the number of poor people and changes in number of poor people in Ethiopia with statistics ranging from 26 to 86% of the total population in 2013. This paper analyzed how such contradictory statistics feed into national politics focusing on who uses which statistics and based on what…
Africa Ethiopians across the world have been protesting During a year of anti-government protests throughout Ethiopia, its global diaspora, particularly that in the US, has been deeply involved – and not just vocally, writes Addis Ababa-based journalist James Jeffrey. Twitter and Facebook have been blocked since a six-month state of emergency was imposed last…
By RENÉ LEFORT Things fall apart: will the centre hold?Oct.2,2016.Ethiopian soldiers try to stop protesters in Bishoftu, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia before visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.STR/Press Association. All rights reserved.Almost exactly a year ago, Ethiopia entered its worst crisis since the arrival of the regime in 1991. Last month, a state of…
BigThink What if the Black Plague had killed off almost all Europeans? Then the Reconquista never happens. Spain and Portugal don’t kickstart Europe’s colonization of other continents. And this is what Africa might have looked like. The map – upside down, to skew our traditional eurocentric point of view – shows an Africa dominated by…
By Quartz Ethiopia’s internet is among the least free in the world. According to a new index released by the nonprofit Freedom House, Ethiopia ranked ahead of only Iran, Syria, and China, out of 65 countries in terms of access to the internet, censorship, and freedom of information. It ranked the worst of any country…
By Achamyeleh Tamiru Here is ሽግግሩ-ከአንዱ-የመከራ-አዙሪት-ወጥተን-በአይነቱ-ልዩ-ወደሆነ-ሌላ-የመከራ-አዙሪት-የምንዘፈቅበት-ወይንስ-ከታሪካዊ-ችግሮቻችን-የምንገላገልበት on Transition and Constitution Making in Post-Conflict Ethiopia.
የኢትዮጵያ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በግራ ዘመም እና መሠረተ-ጎሳ በሆኑ የአገራችን የፖለቲካ አስተሳሰቦች ዘንድ በጠላትነት እንደምትፈረጅ የአደባባይ ምሥጢር ነው። በዚህ ረገድ የሕወሐት የ40 ዓመት ፖለቲካ እና በኦነግ እና ከዚያም በኋላ በተነሡ የኦሮሞ ፖለቲካ አራማጆች ዘንድ ያለው አመለካከት ተጠቃሽ ነው። እነዚህ የፖለቲካ አስተሳሰቦች ቤተ ክርስቲያኒቱን በጠላትነት የፈረጁበትን ዝርዝር ጉዳይ ለጊዜው ብናቆየው እና በኦሮሞ ልሒቃን አካባቢ የሚጠቀሰውን አንድ መጽሐፍ…
By Peter Vale Professor of Humanities and the Director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS), University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg US President elect Donald Trump greets supporters on election night in New York. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Africa is likely to slide down the list of foreign policy priorities of a Donald Trump administration. This…
By Mark Anderson and Nicholas Norbrook | The Africa Report Donald Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States. Here’s what his presidency could mean for Africa: Slowing economic growth Africa’s economies are already struggling with the downturn. If Trump’s nationalist rhetoric on trade is translated into action, expect, “a global recession, with…
By Geleta Gammo ብሎክቼይን ማለት በመሰረቱ ያልተማከለ የመረጃ መዝገብ ነው። በዚህ የመረጃ መዝገብ ላይ የሚመዘገቡ ነገሮች ሁሉ 1፣ ያልተማከለ ነው። ማለት፣ አንድ መረጃ በብሎክቼይን ላይ ሲመዘገብ የመረጃው ቅጂ ከብሎክቼይኑ ጋር በተያያዙ በሚሊዮኖች በሚቆጠሩ ኮምፑተሮች ሁሉ ላይ ይቀመጣል። ይህ ማለት መረጃው ሊጠፋ አይችልም። ምሳሌ1፣ በስሜ የተመዘገበ የቤት ካርታ ቢኖረኝና ይህንን ብሎክቼይን ላይ ባስመዘግብ ያ የኔን ስም…